How many fighters could Hawaii launch?

Could Hawaii put enough fighters into the air to disrupt the Japanese strike?

Potentially about one hundred fighters could have flown, a force large enough to disrupt the attackers despite imperfect coordination.

The estimate is deliberately rough and acknowledges weak American fighter direction. The 15th and 18th Pursuit Groups together fielded eight squadrons, though exact squadron strength and serviceability were uncertain. Activating even two-thirds of the available fighters could plausibly put about one hundred aircraft into the air. That force would create a qualitatively different defense, especially if radar reporting and interception practice had been organized beforehand. Its task would be to disrupt bomber formations and buy time for shipboard defenses, not necessarily to defeat every Zero escort.